Here is the chart. Completed. I've got a little bit to explain about it at the bottom.
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| There's a lot of information on this chart. Some of it is incomplete, but some of it is pretty damned accurate. |
Because this quest was all about a list, I'm going to make some of my own. I'm not going to use quotes around the titles. I know I should. I'm lazy and don't want to type that much. Here they are, in no particular logical order:
7 "New to me" films I liked WAY more than I thought I would:
1. Nashville (this film is probably now in my top 5 films of all time - and I'd never seen it before)
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| "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" |
3. All About Eve
4. The Best Years of Our Lives
5. Double Indemnity
6. The Wild Bunch
7. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
5 "New to me" films I knew I'd love but finally made time to watch:
1. The Gold Rush
2. Modern Times
3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
4. In the Heat of the Night
5. The French Connection
8 "Old to me" films I was surprised I liked so well upon this viewing:
1. Do the Right Thing
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| "Do The Right Thing" |
3. Rocky
4. Network
5. The Sixth Sense
6. Platoon
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
5 Films I don't think you've seen that I think you should:
1. Nashville (with a bullet - this could be 1-5 on this list)
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| "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" |
3. Sullivan's Travels
4. The Last Picture Show
5. The General
5 Films that I do not find anywhere nearly as good as popular opinion does:
1. Schindler's List
2. The Searchers
3. Tootsie
4. Bringing Up Baby
5. Blade Runner
5 Films that I'd watch annually, because of GREATNESS
1. Nashville
2. Citizen Kane
3. Casablanca
4. The Godfather
5. Lawrence of Arabia
10 (can't do 5) Films that I'd watch annually, because of how they make me feel (sentiment):
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| "Jaws" Duh. |
2. Star Wars
3. City Lights
4. The General
5. It's a Wonderful Life
6. Modern Times
7. The Gold Rush
8. Dr. Strangelove...
9. All About Eve
10. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
5 Films that I probably wouldn't mind never seeing again:
1. Intolerance
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| "Bringing Up Baby" |
3. Spartacus
4. Ben-Hur
5. American Graffiti
5 Films that did not win the Best Picture Oscar that should have (based on the competition from that year):
1. Network
2. Citizen Kane
3. Raging Bull
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Do the Right Thing
10 More films I should watch annually:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Annie Hall
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| "Annie Hall" |
4. Psycho
5. The Graduate
6. The Maltese Falcon
7. Duck Soup
8. Sunset Blvd.
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
10. The Silence of the Lambs
5 Films you may have seen, but you likely now dismiss, but should watch again because they are way better than you remember:
1. King Kong
2. The Sixth Sense
3. Annie Hall
4. Rocky
5. Shane
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| "Ben-Hur" |
1. Tootsie
2. American Graffiti (this would be the last of the 5)
3. Blade Runner
4. Ben-Hur
5. Spartacus
5 Films I'd put in the previous 5's place:
1. Alien
2. Malcolm X
3. Amadeus (was on first list in 1997)
4. All Quiet On the Western Front (ditto)
5. Fargo (again dropped from the first list) - I'd also accept The Big Lebowski.
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| "City Lights" |
1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
2. Tootsie
3. The Apartment
4. Casablanca
5. Swing Time
6. The Sound of Music
7. City Lights
8. West Side Story
9. Annie Hall
10. Sullivan's Travels
5 Films you should watch with a romantic partner (not so obvious):
1. Vertigo
2. Cabaret
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| "The General" |
4. The General
5. The Graduate
15 Films you HAVE to watch with children at some time (all of which I have):
1. Duck Soup
2. E.T.
3. Star Wars
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Snow White
6. Toy Story
7. City Lights
8. The Gold Rush
9. Modern Times
10. The General
11. The Wizard of Oz
12. King Kong
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
14. A Night at the Opera
15. The Sound of Music
5 Films I absolutely cannot wait for my children to be old enough to see (because I don't think you HAVE to be an adult to understand them):
1. Jaws
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| "Psycho" |
3. Titanic
4. The Sixth Sense
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Bonus Film I cannot wait for my children to be old enough to see:
1. Dr. Strangelove...
The 10 Best Reviews I think I wrote:
1. Psycho
2. Raging Bull
3. Nashville
4. The Last Picture Show
5. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
6. Citizen Kane
7. The Wild Bunch
8. Titanic
9. It's a Wonderful Life
10. Casablanca
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| "Nashville" - SPOILER! |
However. That seems like a LOT. When you have 3 Charlie Chaplin films, and all 3 contain a gunshot, and one contains an on-screen death, while one shows the gun fired..and the death...but not until after the shot...so it's not really an on-screen death...well. It's a wonderful tool for storytelling. I won't comment further.
I do want to talk at some point about the discrepancy between male actors and female actors on the list. I'm not sure how to do it, but only 4 women appeared in 3 films on the list, and two of those appeared in the only sequel to make the list, so they weren't new castings. Men? Let's just say that a LOT of men appear in 3 films on the list, and Al Pacino isn't even one of those. Jack Lemmon is only in 2.
So. That's it. I'm happy to discuss further if you wish. I recommend watching the list yourself, if you are into this kind of thing. There are a lot of great films that don't get watched any more, and a lot that don't get watched enough. Take some time and watch some of them.
Thanks again,
Randy
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